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2023 Best Value History Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,956 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,969 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History School for You

History is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 249 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value History Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in West Virginia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value History Schools in West Virginia

Check out the history programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in History

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for history students. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year.

American Military University also made our Best History Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Full History at American Public University System Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a very large student population.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best History Schools in West Virginia list.

Full History at West Virginia University Report

#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV
$8,552 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.

Marshall University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on History at Marshall University

Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 275
Florida 90
Georgia 60
North Carolina 135
Tennessee 73
Kentucky 39
Louisiana 78
Alabama 64
South Carolina 39
Mississippi 24
Arkansas 25

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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